This garden has been much loved and tended carefully over many years. The soil is superb where it has been worked, in contrast with soil of the average garden which is generally gravelly and poor. Years of incorporating organic matter have left this garden with a good layer of rich topsoil.
But the garden no longer worked for the client and it jarred with the contemporary interior design.
The clients wanted somewhere to sit in the sun for morning coffee, for lunch and to catch the last rays of summer. To be able to grow a few fresh vegetables and some soft fruit to take to the table. To be able to dine outside, to entertain and relax.
The clients wanted a strong design to match the interior. And water for the soothing sound and look of water moving slowly – no harsh plunges of water here!
